The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Humberto has formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land.

Humberto is about 450 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest. It is expected to strengthen substantially over the weekend to become a major hurricane. Advertisement

Meanwhile, the quick-moving post-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is churning near the Azores, where a hurricane watch is in force for the entire Portuguese archipelago. At 300 GMT Friday, the storm was about 245 miles east-northeast of Lajes Air Base in the Azores.

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Gabrielle is moving east-northeast at 31 miles per hour. It is expected to move away from the Azores in the coming hours and to approach mainland Portugal by Sunday.

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